Sock-it-to-me Surprise

In September, a reader requested a recipe for Sock-it-to-Me cake, and my email was inundated with responses.

Jackie Bridges

In September, a reader requested a recipe for Sock-it-to-Me cake, and my email was inundated with responses.

In all, 10 people shared the recipe: Paul Davis for his wife; Dylan Spivey for his grandmother; First Baptist pastor Tony Tench for his mother, Carol; and Gay Champion, Joan Filter, Annie Hardin, Alyce Blackwell, Cathey Noell, Merle Barrett and Ronnie (whose last name I couldn't read).

Tench said he remembered his mother baking the cake for others and also getting his share.

“I am not remembering the taste completely – the glaze is what I remember,” Tench said. “Of course, we were not living in Shelby in the 1970s to have seen the ‘Sock-It-To-Me’ cake recipe in The Star , but I remembered that my mother used to make a cake by that name. I asked her if she still had the recipe, and she sent it to me from her home in Bristol, Va.”

Tench got a surprise when he went home for Thanksgiving.

“When we arrived home in Virginia for Thanksgiving, she had one sitting there waiting for us,” Tench said. “Yes, it was very good.”

Here's the recipe for anyone who needs it:

SOCK-IT-TO-ME CAKE

1 package Duncan Hines Butter recipe cake mix

¼ cup sugar

1 cup dairy sour cream

¼ cup water

½ cup Crisco oil

4 eggs

Filling

1 cup. chopped pecans

2 tsp. cinnamon

2 Tbs. brown sugar

Glaze

1 cup 10x sugar

2 Tbs. evaporated milk

Blend cake mix in a large bowl with sour cream, oil, 1/4 cup sugar, water and eggs. Beat at high speed for 2 minutes. Pour 2/3 of the batter in a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Combine filling ingredients and sprinkle over batter in pan. Spread remaining batter evenly over filling mixture. Bake at 375 degrees for 45 to 55 minutes, until cake springs back when touched lightly. Cool right side up for 25 minutes, then remove from pan.

Mix glaze and drizzle over cake.

Note: Some recipes use a 9- by 14-inch bake pan and bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes.

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